Pill-box



H. S. MAYNARD. Pill Box.

No. 229,543. Patented Juiy 6,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. MAYNARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PILL- BOX.

SPEGIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,543, dated July 6,1880.

Application filed December 8, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY S. MAYNARD,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and acitizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Pill-Boxes, of which the following is a full description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is anelevation; Fig. 2, an inside View of the cover; Fig. 3, a plan with thecover removed; Fig. 4, a central vertical section.

It is customary for druggists to coat-pills with gelatine or othersimilar adhesive substance which requires considerable time to dry. Suchpills cannot be put up in the ordinary manner and delivered immediatelyafter being coated, for the reason that they would adhere to each other.

The object of my invention is to enable druggists to dispense anddeliver at once pills which have been freshly coated with gelatine orother adhesive coating, and without waiting for the same to dry, which Iaccomplish by providing a pill-box with a diaphragm having a number ofindentations, each adapted to receive and hold a single pill. I alsoprovide for ventilation, and prepare the inside of the cover so that thepills will not adhere thereto, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, a. represents the body, and b the cover, of an ordinarypasteboard pillbox. 0 is a diaphragm provided with a number of suitableindentations, 01, each of which is designed to receive a single pill.This diaphragm is placed in the body of the box. As shown, it'is locateda little distance from the bottom of the box, and the space between itand the inside of the cover is to be such that when the pills and coverare in place the cover will prevent the escape of the pills from theindentations in the diaphragm.

The diaphragm can be made of thin tin or other suitable metal. Thefreshly-coated pills will not stick to a metallic surface. The diaphragmmight be made of paper or other material besides metal or that having ametal surface, in which case the same should be oiled to prevent thepills from adhering thereto.

The inside of the cover is lined with silvered paper, or otherwiseprepared or coated, so as to prevent the pills from sticking thereto.

As shown, the diaphragm is perforated and the body of the box isprovided with a number of holes located below the diaphragm, admittingof a circulation of air. This I regard as a desirable feature, thoughthe box can be used without it.

By using a box constructed and prepared as described a druggist candispense and deliver pills coated with gelatine or other similarmaterial without waiting for them to dry, which will be a greatconvenience.

Immediately after the pills have been coated they can be placed in theindentations in the diaphragm, and when the cover is on they cannot comein contact with each other.

If desired, the box could be made of greater depth, and two or morediaphragms could be used, placed one above the other; but ordinarilyonly one will be required.

0 represents the perforations in the diaphragm, andf are the holes inthe body of the box for the admission of air. 9 is silvered paper on theinside of the cover, and h are pills.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

In a pill-box, the combination of the body a. diaphragm c,provided witha number of indentations, each adapted to receive a single pill, and acover, I), the diaphragm being so located relatively to the cover thatthe pills will be held in place by the cover, substantially asspecified.

2. In a pill-box, a diaphragm provided with a series of indentations,and also with perforations c, in combination with the body a of the box,provided with holes f for the admission of air, substantially asspecified.

HENRY S. MAYNARD.

Witnesses:

E. A. WEST, O. W. Bonn.

